1
: one that weaves especially as an occupation
2
: any of numerous Old World passerine birds (family Ploceidae) that resemble finches and typically construct elaborate nests of interlaced vegetation
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My Dilly Bag, watches as food trucks, artists, weavers, purveyors, an espresso van and musicians park outside her storefront.
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Riley Wilson, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Oct. 2024
It is printed out before being handed to a weaver for knotting and weaving.
—Sakshi Agrawal, ARTnews.com, 30 Sep. 2024
Over time, however, each working person will benefit from more capital with which to do his or her job, just as a weaver could produce more with a mechanical loom than with a handloom in his cottage.
—Diane Coyle, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2014
On the busiest production days, Tazewell commanded a workshop of over a hundred, among them couture-level tailors and dressmakers, weavers and embroiders, hand-felters, knitters, milliners, shoemakers, armorers, and jewelry-makers, along with specialists in 3D-printing and laser manipulation.
—Marley Marius, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2024
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Riley Wilson, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Oct. 2024
It is printed out before being handed to a weaver for knotting and weaving.
—Sakshi Agrawal, ARTnews.com, 30 Sep. 2024
Over time, however, each working person will benefit from more capital with which to do his or her job, just as a weaver could produce more with a mechanical loom than with a handloom in his cottage.
—Diane Coyle, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2014
On the busiest production days, Tazewell commanded a workshop of over a hundred, among them couture-level tailors and dressmakers, weavers and embroiders, hand-felters, knitters, milliners, shoemakers, armorers, and jewelry-makers, along with specialists in 3D-printing and laser manipulation.
—Marley Marius, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2024
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weaver
noun
weav·er
ˈwē-vər 
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: one that weaves
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